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David Barkey: Vote for Cory Gardner

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09/01/2014 01:00:00 AM MDT

Just who is “extreme” or “radical”? The television ads opposing Cory Gardner and approved by Sen. Mark Udall portray him as a dark, demonic fiend who has been so audacious as to sponsor legislation that would make abortion a felony even when the pregnancy occurred as a result of incest or rape. Really? The labels extreme and radical are adjectives of comparison.

Mr. Gardner is extreme or radical compared to whom? Mr. Udall? The women taped in the commercial? Coloradans? Are we supposed to assume that someone has polled the registered voters of Colorado to find out what percentage of us agree with the current slaughter of unborn persons who have been unjustly determined to be unworthy of birth? Aren't the persons who make this cruel “choice” extreme in their narcissistic behavior? Shouldn't Planned Parenthood and the medical personnel who carry out these gruesome procedures be regarded as radical in their violations of their Hippocratic oaths? Or has our society become so calloused to this violent procedure that we cannot recognize the similarity of abortion to the decapitation of children by ISIS? Do Democrats really want to go down in history as the obstinate proponents of indiscriminate death? If every Coloradan who opposes abortion on demand were to vote for Cory Gardner, he would win by a landslide.

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